METHOD, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR COLOR IMAGE ENCODING - Patent 1745439

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EP 1 745 439 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	24.01.2007 Bulletin 2007/04

(21)	Application number: 05734230.5

(22)	Date of filing: 15.04.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06T 9/00^(2006.01)

G06T 9/40^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/CA2005/000573

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/104036 (03.11.2005 Gazette 2005/44)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR LV MK YU

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Priority:

21.04.2004 US 564033 P
23.04.2004 US 831656

(71)	Applicant: Slipstream Data, Inc.
	Waterloo, ON N2L 5V4 (CA)

(72)	Inventors:
	YANG, En-hui Waterloo, Ontario N2T 2R8 (CA) ZENG, Jianfen Guangdong (CN)

(74)	Representative: Rickard, David John
	26 Mallinson Road London SW11 1BP London SW11 1BP (GB)

(54)	METHOD, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR COLOR IMAGE ENCODING